Leanne and Toyah Battersby are headed for an explosive storyline – but it's not what viewers expect.

Coronation Street actresses Jane Danson and Georgia Taylor have hinted at a surprising twist in their characters’ love triangle storyline.

Jane and Georgia, who play feisty sisters Leanne and Toyah Battersby on the ITV soap, will be embroiled in a gripping plot as their characters both become involved with Imran Habeeb.

With neither of the pair initially aware that Imran, played by Charlie De Melo, is seeing both girls at the same time, fans have been predicting fireworks on the Street as they eventually discover what’s been going on.

Coronation Street: Georgia's character will be seen getting close to Imran Habeeb over the next few weeks [ITV]

Speaking with Lorraine on Thursday, the pair, whose characters have butted heads over the same man in the past, implied that the secret love triangle might not unfold in the same way others have before.

“We want them to be a really strong unit so we thought ‘don’t break them up’, but that's not necessarily what happens,” Georgia smiled, adding that the actresses both had their doubts when they thought the sisters would come to blows when the affair is discovered.

During the chat, the duo also reflected on their close working relationship, having both started their Corrie careers back in 1997 as fresh-faced teenagers.

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Georgia returned to the soap in 2016 after 13 years away from the Street and she admitted it wouldn’t have happened without Jane.

“I wouldn’t have come back if you weren’t there, that was such a factor for me,” Georgia said to her pal, to which Jane added: “It doesn’t feel like work when you’ve got your best friend with you. We’ve always had that relationship from day one.”

Meanwhile, Imran star Charlie opened up about the exciting plot and defended his character’s Lothario ways.

”He is not a love-rat; that was something I was keen to avoid because there is not that mean-spirited, nastiness and menace to what he is doing,” the actor shared. "He has stumbled into this situation as a result of being intentionally naive and is in a position where he just can't believe his luck.”

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He added: “But at the same time, that naivety and behaviour can still be hurtful to other people.

“Imran has not set out to have his cake and eat it, but at the same time that is how things have happened. It's a bit like an Ealing farce in a way; it's all miscommunication.

"Imran assumes they are both okay with it – which is naive to the point of stupidity – but he thinks he's hit the jackpot."